This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent

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, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular

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, single purchases and

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Preface

The following year-by-year, week-by-week listings are based on data accrued by ''

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'' magazine before and after the inception of its Hot 100 popularity chart in August 1958. All data is pooled from record purchases and radio/

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play within the United States. Later charts also include digital single sales, online streaming, and

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hits.

Pre-Hot 100 era

Hot 100 era

Sources

The following sources apply to all "by year" pages linked above: *''

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's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition'' () *''

Joel Whitburn Joel Carver Whitburn (November 29, 1939 – June 14, 2022) was an American author and music historian, responsible for setting up the Record Research, Inc. series of books on record chart placings. Early life Joel Carver Whitburn was born in W ...

's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12th Edition'' () *''Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Pop Charts, 1955-1959'' () *''Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties'' () *''Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies'' () *''Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties'' () *''Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Nineties'' () *''Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The 2000s'' () *Additional information obtained can be verified within ''Billboard's'
online archive services
and print editions of the magazine.

Preface

Pre-Hot 100 era

Hot 100 era

Sources

See also